Adjustable frame.



A. S. & R. REID. ADJUSTABLE FRAME.

APPLICATION FILED PEB.25, 191a.

Patented Mar. 24, 19M

6 Ram Robert UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE- ANDREW s. REID AND ROBERT REIDor BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS, ASSIG-NORS, BY

MESNE' ASSIGNMENTS, TO ADJUSTABLE FRAME COMPANY, OF MARBLEHEAD,MASSACHUSETTS, A COPARTNERSHIP QOMPOS-ED' OF WILLIAM A. WALKER OFMARBLEHEAD, MASSACHUSETTS, AND MARY 7 OF BEVERLY, MASSACHUSETTS.

ADJUSTABLE FRAME.

- Application filed February 25, 1913. Serial No. 750,535.

To all whom. it may concern:

Be it known that we, ANDR E\ V S. REID and ROBERT REID, citizens of theUnited States, and residents of Beverly, in the county of Essex andState of Massachusetts, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Adjustable Frames, of which the following is aspecification.

This invention relatesto rectangular or namental frames for holdingpictures,'which term is intended to include mounted photographs,placards, and other like artlcles which are usually displayed in frames.

The invention has for its object to provide a simple constructionwhereby a frame composed of four angular. members is provided, the framebeing adapted to support the margin of a picture and to detachablysecure the same, and being also adjustable to fit pictures of differentsizes.

The invention consists in the improve ments which we will now proceed todescribe and claim.

Of the accompanying drawings :Figure 1 represents a front view of anadjustable frame embodying our invention,the frame being enlarged fromits minimum size. Fig. 2 represents a section on line 22 of Fig. 1..Fig. 3 represents a perspective view of one of the members of the frame.Fig. 4 represents a section on line H of'Fig. 1.

The same reference characters indicate the same parts in all thefigures.

In the drawings, a, b, 0 andd represent four angular frame members eachof the general form represented by Fig. 3, and comprising a fiat innerportion 2 constituting a p'art'of a picture seat, andan embossed outerportion 3 forming a. raised hollow rib or bead at the outer edge of theportion 2. The rib is preferably enlarged to form an ornamental cornerportion 4, although said "enlargement may be omitted, as shown by Figs.5 and 6. Each member is made of relatively thin sheet material,preferably metal. When the members are assembled as represented by Fig.1, they form a rectangular frame, a portion of each member overlapping aportion of the next member, and

the overlapping portions being slidable rela-.

tively to each -other to contract and enlarge the frame. The seatportions and embossed portions ofeach member fit closely together asindicated by Figs. 2 and 4. The embossed portions 3 are nested togetherand prevent relative edge'wise displacement of the sections, means beingprovided whereby separatron of the sect ons from each other ,by'sidewise movement 1s prevented, said means being'preferably provided byforming integral tabs 5 on the inrier edges of the portions 2, each tabbeing bentiacross the edge of another portion 2 as shown portions 2'collectivelyconstitute a rectangular adjustable-picture seat for theback of a picture 6, andthe embossed portions 3 collectively constitutea continuous rectangular adjustable bead surrounding the seat and themargin of a picture thereon. The seat is covered and concealed by thepicture.

A picture 6 represented by dotted lines in Fig. 2 is laid'upon the seatportions 2 and is.

surrounded by the embossed portions 3. To confinethe picture upon thesaid seat port1ons .we provide flexible ears 7 the side and end portionsof which are detached from the Patented Mar. 24., 1914.."

by Fig. 2. The fiat.

portions 2 by U-shaped slits cut therein,

said ears being adapted to lie flush with the portions 2 so that theymay slide under the portions 2 of other members, and being also adaptedto be bent outwardly and caused to overlap the picture6, as shown byFig. 2. The described frame may be suspended on a wall or it may beadapted to stand on a flat surface like an easel. To permit the pictureto stand as last described, we provide a brace comprising a clip 8adapted to detachably engage two overlapping seat portions 2, and an arm9 projecting rearwardly from the clip and adapted to bear on a table'ordesk top 10, and support the frame in an in-- clined position as shownby Fig. 4.. The brace is preferably made of thin sheet metal so that theouter arm of the clip is adapted to lie behind the picture 6, the arm 9being preferably longitudinally embossed to give it sufficientstiffness. i

The outer edges of the outer embossed portion 3 may have tabs 12 whichare bent.

inwardly under the edges of the niner embossed portion as shown by Figs.2 and 4:. What we claim and desire to secureby Letters Patent is Anadjustable frame composed offour angular members of thin sheet materialeach having a fiat inner portion, and an embossed outer portion, themembers being slidably connected and collectively forming a rectangularadjustable seat for the back of a picture and a continuous rectangularadjustable bead projecting outwardly from and surrounding said seat andthe margin of a picture thereon, said members being 10 provided withmeans for engaging the front of a picture and holding its back againstthe seat, and with means for confiningthe members in slidable contactwith each other.

In testimony whereof we have affixed our signatures in presence of twowitnesses.

ANDREW S. REID. ROBERT REID. \Vitnesses:

ARTHUR C. LORD, CHARLES E. BARBOUR.

